The New England Patriots have certainly had more scrutiny this offseason than they could have imagined. Here’s a look at some much less serious information uncovered about the defending AFC East champions as For The Win continues our “five most important useless facts” series.

Check out the smooth transition from Rick Ross to Neil Diamond. Those are some serious chops. The two defensive stars and a handful of other teammates showed off their skills at the second annual “Zolioke” fundraiser last month. The benefit was put together by Patriots punter Zoltan Mesko and raised $30,000 for area children’s hospitals.

2) The Patriots really like Rutgers players.Offensive assistant Steve Belichick spent the 2011 season as a walk-on long snapper on the Scarlet Knights football team. He’ll have a bunch of his former teammates with him in training camp as three of the Patriots seven picks in April’s draft (CB Logan Ryan, S Duron Harmon, LB Steve Beauharnais) are from Rutgers, along with two undrafted rookie free agents in WR Mark Harrison and CB Brandon Jones. In addition to the five rookies, the team also has three returning players from the school.

Kyle Arrington (#25, second from left) shows off his new number at the team’s training camp.(Photo: Jim Rogash/Getty Images)

The veteran safety, who signed with the Patriots in March, had worn #24 for his previous 12 seasons with the Arizona Cardinals. One problem. Arrington had been wearing the number for the past three years in New England. So Wilson made his new teammate, who had just become a father, a deal.

Six-time Oscar nominee Robert Duvall visited the team’s training camp Sunday as a guest of owner Robert Kraft, meeting numerous players, including Brady and Tim Tebow.

5) You need Tim Tebow on that wall.

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Last month, we did a post on the various Patriots weight room records by position. As long as he’s still listed as a quarterback on the depth chart, Tebow should be able to make at least one mark on the team’s offense. It was a nice run, Rohan Davey.

Thursday: The five most important useless things about the New York Jets

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